Where do we even start?
For people in Northern California right now who’ve been sifting through the ashes of their lives that’s what they’ve got to be asking: Where do we start? How do we begin to rebuild? When will we ever again feel normal? And our question here in the high country of Colorado is will we ever have to ask something similar ourselves?

COLORADO SPRINGS — After an incredibly strong season for the Dakota Ridge cross country team, Austin Vancil put the exclamation point on his junior running career when he finished third overall at the 5A state meet on Saturday at the Norris Penrose Center.

LITTLETON — On the cusp of what could be a highly successful postseason for Chatfield volleyball, the Chargers finished their regular season on a high note after they defeated a talented Fort Collins team 3-1 at home on Oct. 25.

Going into Wednesday’s match, the Lambkins boasted a 15-2 record, while the Chargers sat at 16-3 overall. That meant the match was poised to be a battle, and from the second through fourth games, it was.

COLORADO SPRINGS — D’Evelyn, Chatfield, Front Range Christian and Columbine all sent runners to represent their schools at the state cross country championships on Saturday at the Norris Penrose Center.

D’Evelyn’s boys and girls teams both finished seventh, the only area school to send both teams to the meet.

LITTLETON — Lucas Gerding would’ve played quarterback if he had to. After all, the junior is Clear Creek’s backup signal-caller. Fortunately, for the Golddiggers on Saturday, he wasn’t asked to until the outcome wasn’t in doubt. Instead, Gerding made his presence — as he has all year long — catching passes from Ty Judge.

Cirque Italia made a stop in Littleton last weekend, and those who stepped inside the circus tent probably had a hard time remembering they were in the parking lot of Southwest Plaza mall.

The tent was small and not fully filled with guests. And Cirque Italia was smaller in size and had less production than many of its counterparts. But despite this, the tent came to life during the 4:30 p.m. Saturday show. Circus clown Coco Kramer spoke Italian, but he kept the show interactive, inciting laughs, claps and cheers from the crowd.

A 29-year-old woman allegedly was harassed Oct. 21 while making her way through the corn maze at the Denver Botanic Garden Chatfield Farms location.

The woman, identified in the police report as “Audrey,” told Officer Joshua Tillman with the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office that an unknown male “dressed in all black with some sort of white mask on” came out of the maze and confronted her. The person told her she had to touch him, dance with him or kiss him in order to pass.